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LiberalLoner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 01:01 PM
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President Obama just mentioned Missoula, Montana!
He is speaking now at the Natl. Police Organization awards. Apparently the Montana officers were whooping it up some and making some noise and President Obama looked over and said, "That's my Montana delegation, right? Missoula, Montana?"

I was just thrilled to hear the President mention my home town!

Missoula Montana is best known lately for their advocacy of medical marijuana and their central position in the fight for that. It's a pretty liberal town in the middle of a fairly conservative state.

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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 01:06 PM
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1. It's also where I quite unexpectedly came in third in the
state junior bowling championship! Loooong time ago (I used to live in Boulder for a couple of years).

:hi:
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LiberalLoner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 01:10 PM
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2. Cool! Missoula is a fun town to visit, isn't it? Congrats on your win! n/t
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 01:11 PM
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4. Heh--I thought it was a really big city back then! Boulder had 1500 people,
IIRC, and we pretty much knew every one of them.
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LiberalLoner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 01:14 PM
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6. Oh, I thought Boulder was bigger than that! I always think of Missoula as
being a small town, it really has a small town friendliness to it, but I guess it's not really all that small...
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OregonBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 01:11 PM
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3. Grew up in Missoulla. Love it.
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LiberalLoner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 01:13 PM
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5. Wow, that's great! What elementary school did you go to? I went to Target Range. My family
moved away then around my 12th birthday (which I hated, I loved Missoula so much!) but I will always consider Missoula home!
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LiberalLoner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 01:15 PM
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7. I probably shouldn't have started a thread mentioning it but I was just so excited that
I wanted to just jump up and down! I mean you never get to hear any President mention Montana, let alone Missoula!
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 01:29 PM
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8. No doubt the general public may feel that way but can the same be said for the police officers?
I imagine they make a fair amount of money from the so called "War on Drugs" and apparently the Obama Administration sides with those unjust, dysfunctional and draconian police state policies, and not policies of independence, liberty and compassion.

"Missoula Montana is best known lately for their advocacy of medical marijuana and their central position in the fight for that. It's a pretty liberal town in the middle of a fairly conservative state."



http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_148a347a-7bf5-11e0-b85a-001cc4c03286.html

Updated: Raided medical marijuana providers sue U.S. government



Thanks for the thread, LiberalLoner.
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LiberalLoner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 01:36 PM
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11. I dunno....police officers who are from Missoula could be in support of medical
Edited on Thu May-12-11 01:39 PM by LiberalLoner
marijuana anyway. It's kind of surprising the people you meet from Missoula. No one is what you'd expect, you know? I mean I bet most Police would be against medical marijuana but in Missoula...you never know, Missoula is a different kind of town. It's like a warp in the time-space continuum or something.

Thanks for saying "thanks" for the thread!
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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 04:11 PM
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15. How much would pay/benefits be reduced for the average Missoula police officer
How much would pay/benefits be reduced for the average Missoula police officer if the war on drugs were over?
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LiberalLoner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 04:16 PM
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16. I don't know...don't know if the police force would be smaller or not. From what I
remember a lot of the work they had to do was answering domestic violence calls and dealing with drunks doing stupid and harmful things. If pot were legalized it might or might not cut down on the number of drinkers in the area, I don't know...it's food for thought I guess.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 01:33 PM
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9. Hey Missoula. I used to visit all the time back in the day.
I was living in Idaho at the end of the Clark Fork river.
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jorno67 Donating Member (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 01:33 PM
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10. It also has a fantastic touring children's theatre
http://www.mctinc.org/
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LiberalLoner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 01:37 PM
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12. Oh, thanks! I remember watching them when I was a kid, they were awesome! n/t
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 05:40 PM
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19. My kids participate every year; MCT is BRILLIANT.
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meow mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 01:59 PM
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13. great.. he'll likely send more of his DEA/Homeland thugs to put the throwdown on our poor mmj folk.
...for sure now =(
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LiberalLoner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 04:07 PM
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14. Oh, that would suck. :( I was just excited to hear anyone talking about Missoula mostly. n/t
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whathehell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 05:34 PM
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17. The setting of "A River Runs Through It",
correct?...I don't know if Robert Redford directed the

film there, but that was the setting of the film and

the book it was based on.
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Keith Bee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 05:37 PM
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18. Missoula also has a vibrant artistic community.....
...including many writers. :-)
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woofless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 05:46 PM
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20. Good reason to down a nice cold pint of drool.
Moose Drool Brown Ale of course. Big Sky Brewing Co. Missoula,MT
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 06:06 PM
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21. I currently live in Missoula. I attend the U of M. nt
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